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TIL: 65% of smartphone users download zero apps per month.

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1rL7 TIL that in 2008, after becoming fed up with people uploading their videos to YouTube, Monty Python started their own channel, uploading HQ versions of their most popular sketches. The move resulted in a 23,000% increase in DVD sales.
mxeAv TIL The mystery of what happened to the Roanoke settlement ("The Lost Colony") has been solved conclusively. They moved to Croatoan island and merged with the local population.
NQbb TIL the largest diamond discovered in the world, the Cullinan was shipped from South Africa to England in a postal box while a replica was shipped on a steamer to create diversion
gXVA TIL that no one knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire
7rb7x TIL of Primate Cities, which are cities that are dominant in their country/subdivision in such a way that it is the centre of said country/subdivision (e.g. New York City in the state of New York)